smackdonna
@smackdonna.bsky.social
Hard liquor mixed with a little bit of intellect.
I love working on a university campus (that is, essentially gay Hallowe'en), because what do you mean I just parked my car next to a tiny hatchback that somehow contained a 7ft Samhain wooden staff covered in flowers and vines?
November 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I love working on a university campus (that is, essentially gay Hallowe'en), because what do you mean I just parked my car next to a tiny hatchback that somehow contained a 7ft Samhain wooden staff covered in flowers and vines?
As a lifetime Freddie Mercury fan and a fair-weather Jays fan, I’m really enjoying all the Queen anthems on the Canadian broadcasts.
November 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
As a lifetime Freddie Mercury fan and a fair-weather Jays fan, I’m really enjoying all the Queen anthems on the Canadian broadcasts.
What are we meal prepping this week? I’m doing lasagna arriba (think tortilla and filling layered), and white bean chicken chili!
October 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
What are we meal prepping this week? I’m doing lasagna arriba (think tortilla and filling layered), and white bean chicken chili!
A propos of nothing, I just want people here in the Good Place to know and understand (and maybe consider?) that we have 11 universities in NS and all the Presidents there make less than 5% of the President of our power corporation.
Humans are bad at scale of numbers so I think this is important. 💕
Humans are bad at scale of numbers so I think this is important. 💕
October 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
A propos of nothing, I just want people here in the Good Place to know and understand (and maybe consider?) that we have 11 universities in NS and all the Presidents there make less than 5% of the President of our power corporation.
Humans are bad at scale of numbers so I think this is important. 💕
Humans are bad at scale of numbers so I think this is important. 💕
What are we meal prepping this week? I’m doing chicken soup and sweet and sour turkey meatballs.
September 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
What are we meal prepping this week? I’m doing chicken soup and sweet and sour turkey meatballs.
And the bridge is closed. Absolutely unreal.
Due to undisclosed issue, Alderney Ferry service is suspended until further notice. Shuttle provided at xx:00 and xx:30 from Alderney and xx:15 and xx:45 from Halifax
September 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
And the bridge is closed. Absolutely unreal.
I joke all the time about my beloved station-wagon that we bought the last year it was made but MY GOD do I want a friggin’ station-wagon to be designed before I buy a new car so I won’t hit anybody or have any sight line issues while driving in a city!
“The rise in high-fronted SUVs poses a clear and growing threat to public safety, especially for children,” states the report. “With no benefit to society, it’s time for lawmakers at all levels to act.” Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com.
Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.
Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.
EU Must Cap SUV Hood Heights Urges Report. Crash Test Body Says Not As Simple As That
Higher fronts on cars significantly increase the death rate when pedestrians and cyclists are struck, says new report. EuroNCAP says more complex than that.
www.forbes.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I joke all the time about my beloved station-wagon that we bought the last year it was made but MY GOD do I want a friggin’ station-wagon to be designed before I buy a new car so I won’t hit anybody or have any sight line issues while driving in a city!
We are en route to Halifax inbound on the 102 and have seen twelve (twelve!) police trucks flying down the highway outbound near Stewiacke. Hope everything is okay.
September 2, 2025 at 11:40 PM
We are en route to Halifax inbound on the 102 and have seen twelve (twelve!) police trucks flying down the highway outbound near Stewiacke. Hope everything is okay.
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Tax revenue per address by district in Halifax:
D2: $1,881
D13: $3,124
D1: $3,141
D4: $3,200
D14: $3,623
D15: $3,635
D11: $3,718
D3: $5,722
D10: $6,911
D5: $7,892
D9: $9,604
D16: $10,192
D12: $10,243
D6: $13,156
D8: $14,422
D7: $37,975
D2: $1,881
D13: $3,124
D1: $3,141
D4: $3,200
D14: $3,623
D15: $3,635
D11: $3,718
D3: $5,722
D10: $6,911
D5: $7,892
D9: $9,604
D16: $10,192
D12: $10,243
D6: $13,156
D8: $14,422
D7: $37,975
August 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Tax revenue per address by district in Halifax:
D2: $1,881
D13: $3,124
D1: $3,141
D4: $3,200
D14: $3,623
D15: $3,635
D11: $3,718
D3: $5,722
D10: $6,911
D5: $7,892
D9: $9,604
D16: $10,192
D12: $10,243
D6: $13,156
D8: $14,422
D7: $37,975
D2: $1,881
D13: $3,124
D1: $3,141
D4: $3,200
D14: $3,623
D15: $3,635
D11: $3,718
D3: $5,722
D10: $6,911
D5: $7,892
D9: $9,604
D16: $10,192
D12: $10,243
D6: $13,156
D8: $14,422
D7: $37,975
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If you give me 1 hour of your time, I'll give you 5 concrete ways you can safely intervene as a bystander if you witness hate or harassment in public spaces.
It's open to anyone, anywhere aged 12+ and cameras/mics muted, so you're never on the spot!
Register : zoom.us/webinar/regi...
It's open to anyone, anywhere aged 12+ and cameras/mics muted, so you're never on the spot!
Register : zoom.us/webinar/regi...
August 12, 2025 at 3:27 AM
If you give me 1 hour of your time, I'll give you 5 concrete ways you can safely intervene as a bystander if you witness hate or harassment in public spaces.
It's open to anyone, anywhere aged 12+ and cameras/mics muted, so you're never on the spot!
Register : zoom.us/webinar/regi...
It's open to anyone, anywhere aged 12+ and cameras/mics muted, so you're never on the spot!
Register : zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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fyi Nova-Scotiasky,
The IWK is conducting a survey on women's health services, including g*nder affirmation, in the Maritimes.
iwkfoundation.org
(the asterisk is to block any potential scraping bots)
The IWK is conducting a survey on women's health services, including g*nder affirmation, in the Maritimes.
iwkfoundation.org
(the asterisk is to block any potential scraping bots)
IWK Foundation | IWK Foundation
iwkfoundation.org
July 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
fyi Nova-Scotiasky,
The IWK is conducting a survey on women's health services, including g*nder affirmation, in the Maritimes.
iwkfoundation.org
(the asterisk is to block any potential scraping bots)
The IWK is conducting a survey on women's health services, including g*nder affirmation, in the Maritimes.
iwkfoundation.org
(the asterisk is to block any potential scraping bots)
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We need more non-profit housing and effective rent control.
New data shows that average asking rents for Halifax increased from 43%-68% between 2019-2025, with studios increasing the second most in the country. Review the data: www.novascotia.ca/finance/stat...
#NSpoli #affordablehousing
New data shows that average asking rents for Halifax increased from 43%-68% between 2019-2025, with studios increasing the second most in the country. Review the data: www.novascotia.ca/finance/stat...
#NSpoli #affordablehousing
July 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
We need more non-profit housing and effective rent control.
New data shows that average asking rents for Halifax increased from 43%-68% between 2019-2025, with studios increasing the second most in the country. Review the data: www.novascotia.ca/finance/stat...
#NSpoli #affordablehousing
New data shows that average asking rents for Halifax increased from 43%-68% between 2019-2025, with studios increasing the second most in the country. Review the data: www.novascotia.ca/finance/stat...
#NSpoli #affordablehousing
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For all the #Halisky twaffletwats who say oh we never see anyone using the #bikelane… last night in Halifax, my youngest was using the bike lane following the rules of the road (lots of witnesses) when a twit made a right hand turn through a bike lane & hit my kid! They are just leaving emerg…
June 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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A good way to keep protesting the Halifax mayor’s bad-faith actions (and many other things):
Ride your bike.
Ride your bike.
June 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A good way to keep protesting the Halifax mayor’s bad-faith actions (and many other things):
Ride your bike.
Ride your bike.
You know, I was just thinking about how neat it would be to value women’s work with education and a degree and I realized that I just meant a modern home economics program. Would have been cool if that wasn’t squashed and evolved into more of a study of the work. Hmm.
May 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
You know, I was just thinking about how neat it would be to value women’s work with education and a degree and I realized that I just meant a modern home economics program. Would have been cool if that wasn’t squashed and evolved into more of a study of the work. Hmm.
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If you're in Halifax, you may want to check and see if you were at the four listed locations on April 26 as you may have been exposed to measles. www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
First case of measles reported in Nova Scotia
An adult in Halifax was diagnosed with measles after returning from travel to the United States.
www.saltwire.com
May 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
If you're in Halifax, you may want to check and see if you were at the four listed locations on April 26 as you may have been exposed to measles. www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
I recently got three migraines with auras in a week. Wild ride!
But as a result, I had to stop taking the hormonal birth control I was using for 20 years and have been feeling all out of sorts since. Crying at the drop of a hat. Being bothered by things that don’t usually bother me.
But as a result, I had to stop taking the hormonal birth control I was using for 20 years and have been feeling all out of sorts since. Crying at the drop of a hat. Being bothered by things that don’t usually bother me.
May 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I recently got three migraines with auras in a week. Wild ride!
But as a result, I had to stop taking the hormonal birth control I was using for 20 years and have been feeling all out of sorts since. Crying at the drop of a hat. Being bothered by things that don’t usually bother me.
But as a result, I had to stop taking the hormonal birth control I was using for 20 years and have been feeling all out of sorts since. Crying at the drop of a hat. Being bothered by things that don’t usually bother me.
One bag of chips, one drink. What are you choosing? (Rip in peace)
May 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
One bag of chips, one drink. What are you choosing? (Rip in peace)
If you had told me that I would buy a bike with a battery and a motor to get around Halifax cheaply and efficiently when I first moved here, I would have laughed very hard.
Things change, and the more options for folks to easily and accessibly not drive everywhere is absolutely the answer.
Things change, and the more options for folks to easily and accessibly not drive everywhere is absolutely the answer.
I am pro-bike lane but even if #Halifax had bike lanes everywhere, not everyone will bike. I lived on the peninsula for years and walked/took the bus everywhere. I didn't own a car. But I never would have biked home from my bar gig at 4am. People who work long shifts on their feet won't bike home.
May 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
If you had told me that I would buy a bike with a battery and a motor to get around Halifax cheaply and efficiently when I first moved here, I would have laughed very hard.
Things change, and the more options for folks to easily and accessibly not drive everywhere is absolutely the answer.
Things change, and the more options for folks to easily and accessibly not drive everywhere is absolutely the answer.
I can't believe how inside I have to be right now.
April 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I can't believe how inside I have to be right now.
We obviously had no way of knowing last year when we bought Nick Cave tickets but going on mini vacay in Montreal this weekend has been a wild ride. I kid you not, I just saw a woman cooing her infant in a stroller in the hotel lobby chanting “go habs go”
April 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
We obviously had no way of knowing last year when we bought Nick Cave tickets but going on mini vacay in Montreal this weekend has been a wild ride. I kid you not, I just saw a woman cooing her infant in a stroller in the hotel lobby chanting “go habs go”
I was actually surprisingly affected by Pope Francis’s death. I was raised Catholic, am not religious, however am not naive to the moral and customary remnants of being raise with a set of values and rules.
My family is fairly progressive and was often wrestling with this dichotomy of practice.
My family is fairly progressive and was often wrestling with this dichotomy of practice.
A lot of folks mourning Pope Francis don't appear to be Catholic, which I find sincerely interesting. What is it about that role that draws folks even when it's not their religion? (context: I am Catholic, lapsed when I was old enough to fully understand the terms and conditions).
April 22, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I was actually surprisingly affected by Pope Francis’s death. I was raised Catholic, am not religious, however am not naive to the moral and customary remnants of being raise with a set of values and rules.
My family is fairly progressive and was often wrestling with this dichotomy of practice.
My family is fairly progressive and was often wrestling with this dichotomy of practice.
I actually have a phobia of mushrooms and so instead of watching The Last of Us, I’m watching another sinister parasite, landed English gentry featured in an Agatha Christie mini-series.
April 21, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I actually have a phobia of mushrooms and so instead of watching The Last of Us, I’m watching another sinister parasite, landed English gentry featured in an Agatha Christie mini-series.
Adam is sick of me complaining about it so I will let you all know that I am miffed that I work at the only university in the city that is open on Easter Monday.
April 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Adam is sick of me complaining about it so I will let you all know that I am miffed that I work at the only university in the city that is open on Easter Monday.
Just a lapsed Catholic watching Jesus Christ Superstar for the first time on a pretty Good Friday.
April 19, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Just a lapsed Catholic watching Jesus Christ Superstar for the first time on a pretty Good Friday.